Forbidden Devotion

She was nine when her father died. He was twenty-one when he became her guardian. He was merciless when he sent her away at eighteen. Four years have passed. Now she's back—and this forbidden love will destroy everything. After four years in Silicon Valley exile, Cecilia Locke returns to the East Coast with three things: a Stanford degree, a feared hacker alias known only as "C," and a burning need for vengeance. Her target? The man who murdered her father and stole his life's work. The problem? She's still in love with the killer's son. Arthur Winston—the CEO who sent her away in the name of "protection," the guardian who crossed every line, the man who chose family legacy over their future—until Cecilia forces him to choose again. When she infiltrates his company and uncovers the truth about her father's death, Cecilia faces an impossible choice: destroy the Winston empire and lose Arthur forever, or let her father's killer walk free. Arthur's reckoning is coming too. Because loving Cecilia means betraying everything he knows—his family, his legacy, and the father who raised him to be ruthless. In a world built on power, can love survive? A forbidden romance about a genius hacker, a tortured billionaire CEO, and the secrets that could destroy them both.